A change to Apple’s App Store rules has reversed an old rule that has historically prohibited emulators on the iPhone and iPad. The rule has altered a prohibition on apps that run external code, which has led to a de facto ban on console and classic game emulators. Specifically, Apple is now allowing “software that […]
No matter how you slice it, emulation-based gaming is pretty awesome, and you can’t knock retro goodness. Alex Baggott over at AppleInsider has written an excellent guide as to how to run classic late 80’s and early 90’s console titles on the Apple Silicon-based Macs with M1, M2, and M3 processors. The guide focuses on […]
You can’t knock a good installer, especially when it gets an application’s array of support files where they need to be with minimal fuss. A new installation method for Apple’s Game Porting Toolkit on a Mac has been introduced, thanks to a third-party installer that handles the tricky bits of the installation process. Following the […]
This is really cool. Developer Mihai Parparita’s web-based Infinite Mac System 7 project has reached a new milestone, and it’s now a cinch to go to system7.app, load a virtual System 7 Mac and play with the games, applications, and utilities you loved back in the 90’s. The website, which can run in almost any […]
The spiffy news: The longstanding space MMO Eve Online has been natively ported over to the Mac. Although available to Mac users for years now, the game had been running through an emulated version of the Windows client. On Thursday, CCP Games announced a native Mac client for the game. Now, Mac users can enjoy EVE […]